The recent Karak Integration with Space and Time introduces a groundbreaking ZK coprocessor solution aimed at providing trustless cutting and incentives for Karak’s Distributed Secure Services (DSS). With this integration, Karak is excitedly advancing its mission of universal security. Space and Time (SxT) serves as a verifiable compute layer, enabling trustless data processing for smart contracts, LLMs, and various businesses by scaling zero-knowledge proofs on a decentralized data warehouse. The Karak Integration pairs offchain datasets with indexed blockchain data from prominent chains, allowing for seamless operations.
A significant feature of Space and Time is its Proof of SQL, a unique ZK-proof that ensures tamper-proof computations at scale, demonstrating that query results are verified and unaltered. The commitment to enhancing DSS capabilities is further bolstered as Space and Time works on a dedicated DSS designed for its ZK-compatible indexing within the Karak framework.
Enhancing Karak’s Distributed Secure Services
The approach of utilizing restaked assets as universal security for the services provided aligns well with the goals of Karak Integration. A Distributed Secure Service (DSS), in this context, represents a decentralized service built on Karak’s robust architecture. This flexibility and scalability allow the DSS framework to cater to a vast array of applications, from basic utilities to intricate DA marketplaces and ZK coprocessors.
One crucial aspect that the Karak Integration addresses is the necessity to demonstrate slashings on-chain. With Space and Time providing a significantly faster definition of cutting logic, developers can now build and launch DSSs much more rapidly.
Moreover, the Karak Integration is paving the way for Space and Time to develop a DSS for its blockchain indexing service, facilitating an effortless operation of indexing nodes by community members within the SxT network. This collaboration showcases a perfect synergy for creating decentralized data indexing solutions that emphasize security, decentralization, and incentive alignment.
Through this strategic Karak Integration, the pursuit of universal security is vastly accelerated, as Space and Time can now effectively index data for additional DSSs. As we continue to innovate around efficiency and security in the ecosystem, we anticipate sharing more updates in the forthcoming months.
Decentralized Verifiable Compute Network
With the Karak Integration, any smart contract can seamlessly obtain and validate blockchain data from various major blockchains using the Space and Time network. Smart contracts can utilize SQL statements to query blockchain data, with these queries verifiable on-chain via zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs.
Architecture
Flow of Operations:
- The Karak slashing contract initiates a verified SQL statement request to the Space and Time relayer contract.
- Upon this request, query task information is emitted as an event by the Space and Time relayer contract.
- Space and Time network operators detect the query task emission on the source chain using ZK-compatible indexing nodes (a service also deployed as a DSS).
- The Space and Time network assigns the task to a prover operator available in the prover network after validating the event.
- The operator executes the query, producing a ZK proof and a cryptographic commitment on the data requested.
- The operator relays these components back to the Space and Time relayer contract on the source chain.
- The relayer contract then confirms the query result via a callback function and relays it to the original Karak slashing contract.
- The query result plays a crucial role in determining the slashing amount for a specific DSS.
Key Participants:
– Relayer Contract: Handles SQL query requests, initiates Space and Time network events, verifies information, and returns query results.
– Space and Time Network (Operators): Indexes on-chain DSS activities (such as finished tasks) and monitors query job events to relay to available prover operators.
– Space and Time Network (Provers): Executes queries, generates ZK proofs, and communicates results back to the relayer contract.
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